Adaptation of the central retina for high acuity vision: Cones, the fovea and the avascular zone

Available online 15 March 2013
Publication year: 2013
Source:Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Presence of a fovea centralis is directly linked to molecular specification of an avascular area in central retina, before the fovea (or ‘pit’) begins to form. Modelling suggests that mechanical forces, generated within the eye, (Read more...)

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